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Istanbul Food Tour - History and Culture of Turkish Culinary
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
$244.00
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they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Get a taste of Turkey's varied cuisine during this half-day food tour through the Beyoglu (Pera) neighborhood. With a small group limited to eight, enjoy samplings of everything from mezes to baklava to kebabs; there is even a chance to enjoy raki, an anise-flavored liquor local to the region. Stop at bustling markets, street food stalls, restaurants, and backstreets for a closer look at Turkish culture and history.
⦿ Take a half-day food tour of Istanbul's Beyoglu neighborhood
⦿ Sample snacks, drinks, confections, meats, mussels, and more
⦿ Learn about Turkish culture, history, and cuisine from your guide
⦿ This tour is limited to eight travelers for a personalized experience
⦿ Take a half-day food tour of Istanbul's Beyoglu neighborhood
⦿ Sample snacks, drinks, confections, meats, mussels, and more
⦿ Learn about Turkish culture, history, and cuisine from your guide
⦿ This tour is limited to eight travelers for a personalized experience
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Tour in English
Get a Taste of Turkish Cuisine: Outstanding gourmet street foods, good eateries, local meyhane, traditional raki tasting, mezes, kebabs, baklava and more
Get a Taste of Turkish Cuisine: Outstanding gourmet street foods, good eateries, local meyhane, traditional raki tasting, mezes, kebabs, baklava and more
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
Check available dates by emailing us at [email protected]
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Small Group
- Coffee and/ or Tea
- Transport by funicular
- Food tasting - Samples & Snacks
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
Meeting point
Meet your guide outside 'NORDSTERN HOTEL GALATA ,' conveniently located next to Galata Bridge and just a 2-minute walk from the (T1) Karaköy tram stop.
Your guide, easily identifiable by their tour guide badge, will be waiting for you at the hotel entrance.
Return details
Your tour concludes at Taksim Square, leaving you free to continue your Istanbul exploration.
- Karaköy is one of the oldest and most historic districts of the city, and is today an important commercial center and transport hub. (pass by)
- Halic (Golden Horn) means inlet in English separates the old and new sections of Istanbul. (pass by)
- This bridge spans the Golden Horn, connecting the old city with Beyoglu, the modern district of Istanbul. (pass by)
- Galata Tower is one of the most iconic symbols of Istanbul. It also features to be one of the highest and oldest towers of the city. (pass by)
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Istiklal CaddesiThis tour takes you into the heart of the modern sectıon of Istanbul, 'quirky' meyhanes and bustling food markets. You and your friends and family will embark on a four-hour gastronomy tour around the world famous Beyoğlu (Pera) neighborhood. All food, snacks, desserts and drinks (such as rakı and Turkish coffee), and a professional tour passing its most famous hidden passages (Flower Passage, Hazzo Poulo, Asmalı Mescit,) are included in the price. Once our experienced guide concludes Istanbul Street Food Walking Tour, you will leave with a stomach full of traditional food, plus local knowledge and sightseeing tips, to enhance the pleasure of your trip that will last with you a lifetime.
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St Anthony of PaduaVenetian Neogotic Style largest Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul and has the largest community following its masses.
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Passage HazzopuloYou must not leave Turkey without tasting Dürüm Kebab that is the sliced meat of a döner kebab may be served on a plate with various accompaniments, stuffed into a pita or other type of bread as a sandwich, or wrapped in a thin flatbread such as lavash or yufka, known as a dürüm. Since the early 1970s, the sandwich or wrap form has become popular around the world as a fast food dish sold by kebab shops and is often called simply a “kebab”. The sandwich generally contains salad or vegetables, which may include tomato, lettuce, cabbage, onion with sumac, fresh or pickled cucumber, or chili, and various types of sauces.
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Avrupa PasajiStop at another street food vendor for İçli Köfte; Sabirtaşı makes Istanbul’s best içli köfte (a crispy bulgur shell filled with minced meat, parsley, and sautéed pine nuts), and if you don’t feel like walking up to their restaurant, their İstiklal Street vendor is always around to serve up the köfte on the go. Made by hand on a daily basis, the içli köfte are downright delicious.
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Balik PazariA must see street full of amazing bars and fish meze restaurants.
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Cicek PasajiA meyhane is a traditional restaurant or bar in Turkey. It serves alcoholic beverages like wine, rakı, vodka, beer with meze and traditional foods. “Meyhane” is composed of two Persian words: mey (wine) and khāneh (house). A meyhane refers to a restaurant with traditional food, decoration, and music.
- Beyoğlu was the primary neighborhood of the foreign community as well as non-Muslim Ottoman subjects. You will learn about how cosmopolitan the neighborhood once was. (pass by)
- Situated at Taksim Square, the heart of modern Istanbul, commemorate the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 (pass by)
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Taksim SquareBaklava (baqlawah) is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped walnuts or pistachio and sweetened with syrup or honey. It is a very traditional Turkish Dessert. Ice cream; traditional ice cream in Turkey incorporates natural thickening agents, which give it a smooth, compact, and almost stringy texture.
- Beyoglu the old European quarter of the city is Istanbul’s bohemian quarter, full of cafes, street performers and trendy young people. (pass by)
- We can finish our delicious journey with Turkish Tea, is popular throughout Turkey and the Turkish diaspora. Turkish tea culture also extends to Northern Cyprus and some countries in the Balkan Peninsula.. (pass by)
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Istanbul Food Tour - History and Culture of Turkish Culinary
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
$244.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!